18th MEDCOM (DS) Commander Visits NMCSD

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob L. Greenberg | 201021-N-DA693-1013 SAN DIEGO (Oct. 21, 2020) Army Maj. Gen. Michael Place, 18th Medical Command’s (MEDCOM) (Deployment Support) commander (right), tours Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (NMCSD) Joint Tele-Critical Care Network operations center Oct. 21. Place is traveling to military hospitals around the country, visiting with leadership to discuss the future of military medicine, since taking command of the 18th MEDCOM (DS) earlier this year. The 18th MEDCOM (DS) is an expeditionary medical command that ensures readiness and coordinates medical functions in integrated, multi-domain joint force operations. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out computer screens.)  

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

10.21.2020

Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob L. Greenberg 

Naval Medical Center San Diego

SAN DIEGO – Army Maj. Gen. Michael Place, 18th Medical Command’s (MEDCOM) (Deployment Support) commander, visited Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Oct. 21.
While on board NMCSD, Place met with Capt. Bradford Smith, NMCSD’s commanding officer and Capt. Konrad Davis, NMCSD’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network medical director, to discuss the future of military healthcare and tour some of NMCSD’s telemedicine-equipped intensive care units.
Place is slated to visit military medical centers in the Pacific region to meet with leadership.
Place took command of the 18th MEDCOM (DS) earlier this year. The 18th MEDCOM (DS) is an expeditionary command that ensures mission readiness, and plans and synchronizes medical functions within integrated forces.
NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.
Visit navy.mil or facebook.com/NMCSD for more information.

• Date Taken: 10.21.2020
• Date Posted: 10.23.2020 15:14
• Story ID: 381435
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US